Category: ERP

(Majalah Ritel Indonesia – Ed September 2014)
Andy Djojo Budiman
Co-founder & Partner STEM – SAP Partner (www.sterling-team.com)

A friend in the community told me that he was upset with one of the provider of the application/software. He believed that the application he bought at high prices was unusable.

We often hear the parable above. There’s a lot of entrepreneur that were disappointed with the software provider and likewise, the provider feels that the requirement from the entrepreneur would often change.

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Sterling Team proudly unveils our latest creation iREAP lite POS App on Google Play. The App is a FREE Application intended to help Micro/Small Shop owners to run and manage their shop operation. It comes with handy functionalities such as sales and inventory transactions as well as reports for each independence store.
Our hope is that by using this technology, micro shop owners can better manage their business and hence ultimately grow their business.

It is always an interesting topic to discuss the needs of capable human resources and its availability in the market. In every field of business, the key to success of a company depends on whether the company is run or supported by good pool of human resources. This is important particularly in the service industry where its revenue depends much on the performance of its employees.

We often think that there is mismatch between the qualification of new graduates and the industry’s requirements. In a fast-changing environment, such as Information Technology, there are gaps between what industries currently do and the curriculum that students take. As a result, new graduates are not immediately ready to contribute to the business world. They need to be trained which takes time and resources.

Mei 31, 2014. Marked the last day of an IT implementation in one of our client, starting tomorrow a new SAP system will be used. As usual, project team comprises of consultants and client’s team members gathered from noon to ensure a smooth process of data transfer, ie ending balance. Since this was a retail client, most critical data transfer started after their retail stores closed which was at 10PM. This has been a routine activity for me as consultant, staying up late the night before the new systems Go Live, we often camped overnight at project site for the next 2-3 days waiting for the data to be ready.

Yesterday was an eventful day for me. In one day I had two interesting experiences: one with representatives of foreign bank based in Jakarta and the other one was at dinner at a local restaurant. These experiences made me re-think about the benefits of IT systems.